Russia hands Canada first loss at World Women's Curling Championships

Losing a game or two at a world curling championship isn’t the end of the world.

It happens to the best of teams, and Chelsea Carey knows that.

But losing the way her Team Canada lost on Monday morning? That stings.

Carey’s rink suffered their first loss of the Ford World Women’s Curling Championships when a missed shot in the seventh end opened the door for Russia to take two points and cruise to a 6-3 win.

“We knew it would be a battle,” said Carey, whose team now sits 3-1. “It’s not even so frustrating that we lost, it’s just kind of handing it to them (that hurts).

“We played a good first half and then I missed that shot in seven and it all fell apart from there.”

That shot came on Carey’s last rock of the end. Up 3-2, Carey had the chance for a takeout but instead tapped the Russian rock closer to the button, which allowed Russian skip Anna Sidorova to throw an easy draw for two and take a 4-3 lead.

The Canadian team — which also features third Amy Nixon, second Jocelyn Peterman and lead Laine Peters — was coming off an emotional win over the U.S. on Sunday evening. In that game, a malfunctioning hog-line sensor on one of Nixon’s rocks went off repeatedly, causing both teams to get in prolonged discussions with officials.

Carey wasn’t making any excuses for her play on Monday, but did admit she needed to get some rest before Monday evening’s draw against Sweden.

“I just need to get some sleep,” Carey said. “I just didn’t sleep last night and I wasn’t in a great headspace. I fought hard to get there but couldn’t quite get it together.”

The result puts Canada in a four-way tie with Russia, Japan and Switzerland atop the round-robin standings.

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